CARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: Fridays are awesome. This one, though, is a little bitter sweet because it is our last show of 2013. We`re going to look back at some of the stories we covered this year, but first up, we`ve got a congressional compromise. We are talking about a budget, a plan for how the U.S. government will spend money. The House of Representatives passed it last week. The Senate passed it this week. And when President Obama signs it, which he said he will, it will become law. PLAY

Over the past several years, any budget talks have been tense: the Republicans and Democrats compromised to come up with this plan. Several members of both parties are happy with some of what`s in the budget deal or what`s not. Some pointed out that the budget will reduce some military benefits. Others criticized it for not including an extension for unemployment benefits. But one Senator said, that`s how things go when the Senate and the House are controlled by different parties. He said, Nothing is going to be perfect in this world. It`s called compromise. PLAY

This budget plan does outline government spending through 2015. It loosens some spending restrictions that were in place, and it cancels some cuts that affected different government programs. Plus, this deal makes it unlikely for there to be another government shutdown like the one that happened earlier this year. PLAY

Target is the second biggest merchandise retail chain in the country. But Target became the target of a security breach, and it could affect 40 million people. The breach involved data from credit cards and debit cards. If you shopped at a Target store between November 27 and December 15, you might be affected. This is only if you shopped in a brick and mortar store, so online sales not involved. Target hasn`t said how its systems were hacked, but it did say that the issue that allowed the breach has been identified and resolved. The U.S. Secret Service is investigating. That agency is responsible for protecting the country`s financial framework and payment systems. If you think you might have been affected by this or if you are ever affected by stolen credit card information, there are some ways to protect yourself. Check your statements and look for charges you don`t recognize. Call your credit card company and bank and let them know what has happened. And if you need to, replace your card and get a new pin number. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It`s time for the last Shoutout of 2013. Pope Francis is the first non-European pope in more than a thousand years. So where was Pope Francis born? If you think you know it, then shout it out! Is it Argentina, South Africa, Mexico or Portugal? You`ve got three seconds, go! PLAY

Pope Francis is from Argentina. He`s the first pope ever from the Americas. That` your answer and that`s your Shoutout. PLAY

And now you know the answer to one of the questions in our end of year news quiz. Teachers, you can find that at cnnstudentnews.com. We asked on Facebook for your nominations for the biggest stories of 2013. This next video covers some of those and a whole lot more. It`s the year in news in about three and a half minutes. Fair warning: these are going to fly by quickly, so watch closely and see how many you can identify along the way. PLAY

LANCE ARMSTRONG: Do I have remorse? Absolutely. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Pentagon is eliminating its ban on women in combat. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Fire threat in Southeast Australia. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Popes don`t step down, they remain in office until they die. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Iran`s saying it`s successfully sent its monkey into space. PLAY

WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Gas field at eastern Algeria. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Manti Te`O was conned. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: View of a meteor. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The night the lights went out. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The manhunt over - shooting took place. PLAY

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: First, budget cuts. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It`s the bottle of water. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Cure the two years old of HIV. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Reject the armistice. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Xi Jinping. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Habemus papam. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Jorge Mario Bergoglio. PLAY

POPE FRANCIS: Here I am. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The baby monkey brought to Germany by Justin Bieber. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Two huge explosions that happened there ... PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ... police officers treating people ... PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Are listing photos ... PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Being losers. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Officer was killed. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Second bombing suspect is in custody. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: West fertilizer plant ... PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The latest disaster to hit the Bangladesh garment industry. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Found after years. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: First degree murder, guilty. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Two mile wide tornado. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: IRS treated Tea Party groups. PLAY

BLITZER: Just as department secretly obtained ... PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: That`s amazing. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ... voted to allow gay youth to be Scouts. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: NSA, the National Security Agency. PLAY

GLENN GREENWALD, REPORTER, THE GUARDIAN: A massive apparatus. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Prism (ph) PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Knowing leading Internet companies. PLAY

EDWARD SNOWDEN: My name is Ed Snowden. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: On a tear down ... PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Syrian regime used chemical weapons. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (inaudible) is the spot of north India. PLAY

AZUZ: Hassan Roukhani. PLAY

PAULA DEEN: Inappropriate hurtful language. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: That`s Aaron Hernandez. PLAY

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: In violation of the Fifth Amendment ... PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Filibuster by a Democratic state senator. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Sharknado. PLAY

BLITZER: Detroit. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Largest municipal bankruptcy. PLAY

BLITZER: Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge. PLAY

AZUZ: Deadliest wildfire in America in decades. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: ... is a town in eastern Quebec. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It appears to strike the sea wall. PLAY

IAN LEE, JOURNALIST: A new president has been sworn in ... PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Baffled over the word coup. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: George Zimmerman, not guilty. PLAY

BARBARA STARR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Bradley Manning found not guilty on the charge of aiding the enemy. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Blast from the past. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Now, she was OK. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If I don`t defend myself, no one else will. PLAY

AZUZ: Area 51. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Anti-gay propaganda law. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Never, ever give up! PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: First Miss America of Indian descent. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Voyager has entered interstellar space. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Frightening site in northern Colorado. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Crime scene at the Washington Navy Yard. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Westgate Shopping Mall. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They rotate the ship aside .... PLAY

BARD YLVISAKER (singing): What does the fox say? PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Government`s closed. BLITZER: Shutdown, day one. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Healhcare.gov. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Internal server error ... UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Reopen the government. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oafish. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The mysterious barge. PLAY

ALISON KOSIK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Twitter is worth about $25 billion. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Car chase that started near the White House and ended on Capitol Hill. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So many of these shipwrecks ... PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: School shooting in Nevada. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: First ever TSA officer to be killed in the line of duty. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mobster James Whitey Bulger was sentenced .... PLAY

LARA LOGAN, CBS CORRESPONDENT: We made a mistake. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Tacloban struck by super typhoon Haiyan. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: First step towards preventing Iran from building a nuclear weapon. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: By a drone. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Metro North train was traveling much too fast. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ... gathered in the capital Kiev. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Under siege by the selector militias. PLAY

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There has been a shooting there. PLAY

JACOB ZUMA, SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT: He`s now at peace. PLAY

AZUZ: You know from watching our show, the news isn`t always so somber. One uplifting example, Chad Pregracke. He`s CNN`s hero of the year who`s led around 70,000 volunteers to clean up millions of pounds of garbage from America`s rivers. Listen to what he said he`d do with the $250,000 he was awarded by CNN. PLAY

CHAD PREGRACKE, CNN HERO OF THE YEAR: You know, I`ve met so many great people today, the other heroes. And like I`m really moved by other stories, all the things they do around the world. And like the $250 grand, I`m just going to give 10 grand to each of them because they are awesome. So, yeah! PLAY

AZUZ: There`s also Savannah Day. 14 years old, she recently had to have brain surgery, which meant she`d be in the hospital over Christmas. Savannah decided to collect toys for the other kids who`d be there with her. Her goal was 500 toys. She collected 4,000. PLAY

SAVANNAH DAY, STUDENT: The reason why I wanted to do this was to set a cheer reaction, so when the kids get out of the hospital, they would do something nice for somebody else. PLAY

AZUZ: Savannah came through her surgery OK, and she`s now recovering. PLAY

And you could call this guy the kindest king of Dairy Queen. Joey Prusak saw a blind customer drop a $20 bill and a woman behind him pick up the money and pocket it. Prusak asked her to leave the store, then he gave the blind man $20 out of his own pocket. . Prusak became the community hero once this story got out. PLAY

You knew we wouldn`t go without having a little holiday fun. So, let`s start with some penguins in Santa suits. It`s the exact opposite of old Saint Nic in the tuxedo. Of course, penguins couldn`t actually chill with Santa, they are polar opposites . So, you just have to look at these little guys, shake your head and wonder what`ll they think of next? PLAY

How about a gingerbread house that`s the size of an actual house? This thing is more than 39,000 cubic feet. Yes, that`s a record. And the confectionary accouterments accounts for nearly 36 million calories. That will hit the sweet spot and must have cost a lot of dough. PLAY

A deer, a reindeer? This huge hoofer used to be a horse, then someone added antlers and the Rudolph red nose. It`s set up with the sleigh where people can leave blankets to donate to the homeless, which makes the project especially endearing. We wouldn`t want to miss the chance before we dash away to say thank you. Thanks for watching CNN STUDENT NEWS, for interacting with us on social media, sending in tons of Roll Call requests, sending us I-Reports and mostly, for being the most awesome audience we could ask for. CNN STUDENT NEWS will be back in January. For now, we wish you a merry Christmas, happy and safe holidays and a very happy New Year. PLAY